Wednesday, March 6, 2013

A while back I mentioned that I worked on some props for an independent film. Shocktillyoudrop.com just featured a bunch of photos and some details about the movie. Directed by Karl Mueller, it's called Mr. Jones, and it stars Sarah Jones and Jon Foster. It'll be showing at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York this April.

I'll do a blog entry about how it all went down, but I wanted to post the pics and the article. Super SUPER excited here. So thrilled to see it's finally ready to be shown and marketed. And the pics look really cool.

Directed and written by
Karl Mueller. (USA) – World Premiere, Narrative. Scott (Jon Foster) is a
filmmaker in need of inspiration. He and his girlfriend Penny (Sarah Jones) move into
a desolate house hoping to make a breakthrough. Then they discover
their neighbor, the elusive Mr. Jones. Famous for his haunting
sculptures, Mr. Jones has remained a mystery to the world. Scott and
Penny, convinced that they have found the perfect film subject, sneak
into his workshop and realize that their curiosity may have chilling
consequences. Who is Mr. Jones?

Awesome! I can't wait to hear how long it took to build, preproduction, how they approached you (slowly), etc. I wonder if they would show it eventually on fearnet or something like that cause it would be cool to see your work on the big screen (in my living room).

Not only do the props look absolutely incredible (and is that Roots I see in there?!), but the film looks and sounds A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.

They posted a synopsis on Bloody Disgusting, and seems like you were infact the inspiration for the entire film: "Scott (Jon Foster) is a filmmaker in need of inspiration. He and his girlfriend Penny move into a desolate house hoping to make a breakthrough. Then they discover their neighbor, the elusive Mr. Jones. Famous for his haunting sculptures, Mr. Jones has remained a mystery to the world. Scott and Penny, convinced that they have found the perfect film subject, sneak into his workshop and realize that their curiosity may have chilling consequences. Who is Mr. Jones?”

Man, that is just the coolest! MAJOR congrats to you, man! So glad that your work is starting to get recognition beyond our community. Just don't forget us little people when you're jetsetting off to Hollywood! ;-)

Watched this last night, the imagery you created was beautiful, but as I watched, I couldn't help but feel you may have been the inspiration for this character...not to say you are a sociopath, but how you like to remain anonymous all the while creating these amazingly creepy and hauntingly gorgeous scarecrows.